"The first truth is that the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism — ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. ”
— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Monday, February 27, 2006

Well, friends, Thaddeus has done it again...

I saw this little movie of the Mayor with the holy spirit as it carried him across the pulpit, and I thought, wow, Thaddeus has got a HUGE pair to put this out!

8 comments:

You really can't lose with that one. The people who love him talk about him being full of the spirit and the people don't care for him very much just think its funny to see Willie be-bopping. So, there's no real harm.

I see nothing funny about it. When you're making a mockery of someone praising God, that's not funny. We as a people need help! Thaddeus matthews is a sick individual and anyone that supports him is sick as well.

I was talking in regards to the recall. I do realize that I post my opinion on his site as well as you do. I find his site very entertaining at times. I stand on the fact that anyone who supports with this recall is a joke. What has Herenton done that's so bad? When Rout was the county mayor, no one recalled him. he was using tax payers money and screwing the county up. Race plays a major part in this.

I agree with you that Rout has gotten away with way too much stuff, and if we had a US Attorney that was above politics, he'd be indicted, too.

Regarding Mayor Herenton, I find that this effort is multi-racial. As he has gone further in his term, it seems that a) he really doesn't care about the part of the city outside Downtown, as the rest of the town has really fallen on hard times. Can anyone say South Memphis, North Memphis, Frayser, Raleigh, Parkway Village, or Fox Meadows has improved their lot in the last 15 years?

When the Mayor has HAD good ideas like consolidation, he has managed to infuriate 90% of the people who could make it happen. Bluntly put, the man couldn't sell air-conditioning in the Delta in July!

The arrow is going down, and while he is not the sole reason, he bears a high portion because he is in charge. The fact that it appears that he regards any questioning of his decisions as if they were any assault on his personhood has not helped, either.

We need a complete independent audit of both city AND County government to see how big a hole we are in. But we need to remove him from office; if not now, then next year, because the city really can't afford to wait.